| Peppers Black - the Playford version | ||||||||||
| for a circle of as many as will. | ||||||||||
| Though in a circle, the progression works as if it was a line, so it will take (n-1)x3 to finish each progressive figure. There are three progressive figures, plus one repeat for intro - ((n-1)x3)x3)+1 | ||||||||||
| 3 couples = 19 repeats, 4 couples = 28 repeats, 5 couples = 37 repeats | ||||||||||
| Reconstructed by Dafydd Cyhoeddwr | ||||||||||
| Music: | Shepheards Holyday by the Wandering Hands (too short, naturally) | |||||||||
| Part 1 - intro figure | ||||||||||
| Verse 1, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | All take hands and do eight slips to the left. | |||||||||
| Verse 1, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | All do eight slips to the right. Drop hands and face your partner. | |||||||||
| Chorus 1, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (left). | |||||||||
| Chorus 1, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Set and turn single (right). | |||||||||
| Part 2 - the first progressive figure | ||||||||||
| Verse, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1: | Couple 1 and couple 2 double toward each other (the active couple - 1 - moving to approach the other couple as required - they should be closer to the inactive couple in the set of two than their own places) | |||||||||
| 2: | Couples double back (but stay close to each other) | |||||||||
| Verse, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | That again. | |||||||||
| Chorus, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Turn the person that's not your partner all the way around in two doubles | |||||||||
| Chorus, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | Turn your partner all the way around in two doubles | |||||||||
| R: | Couple 1 will continue on to couple 3, and when couple 1 goes to couple 4, couple 2 will become active and change with couple 3, etc. This continues until everyone is back to place. | |||||||||
| Part 3 - the second progressive figure | ||||||||||
| Verse, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1: | Couple 1 and couple 2 double toward each other as in the first figure | |||||||||
| 2: | Couples double back (but stay close to each other) | |||||||||
| Verse, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1&2: | That again. | |||||||||
| Chorus, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1: | Start a single hey by changing places with your opposite by the right shoulder | |||||||||
| 2: | Change with your partner by the left shoulder | |||||||||
| Chorus, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1: | Continue the hey by changing with your opposite by right shoulders. | |||||||||
| 2: | Change back to place with your partner by left shoulders. | |||||||||
| R: | Progress as before around the circle until you get back to place. | |||||||||
| Part 4 - the third progressive figure | ||||||||||
| Verse, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1: | Couple 1 and couple 2 double toward each other as in the first figure | |||||||||
| 2: | Man 1 takes man 2 with him as they back a double | |||||||||
| Verse, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1: | The line of three and the one left double toward each other | |||||||||
| 2: | And they double back from each other. | |||||||||
| Chorus, Part A | ||||||||||
| 1: | Man 1 brings woman 1 under his left arm and back to place (either holding on to man 2 as he turns or letting him go after the woman has gone under) | |||||||||
| 2: | In a line of three, gate - man 1 turns halfway around to the left with his partners moving forward or backward to follow him. | |||||||||
| Chorus, Part B | ||||||||||
| 1: | Man 1 brings man 2 under his right arm and back to place (ditto above for holding to woman 1) | |||||||||
| 2: | Gate again, this time to the right, and at the end put man 2 back with his partner. | |||||||||
| R: | Progress as before. | |||||||||